First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work that weaves a tapestry of the lives of the Edwardian upper classes: "It caused a mild scandal...
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The Binary Revolution
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Cardiff's staff set to sail seas in luxury
Cardiff University is preparing for a queue of academics eager to bag what could be the cushiest job in higher education. A yet to be determined number of lucky lecturers will be chosen to join all-...
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RAE selection gets brutal
Careers are on the line as universities exclude all but 'world-leading' submissions. Anthea Lipsett reports. More academics than ever before will find themselves stigmatised as research inactive, it...
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'There's a real danger of permanent damage to healthcare education'
Steven West has spoken out against funding cuts in his new role as the champion of healthcare education. Podiatrist Steven West has hit the ground running in his role as champion of healthcare...
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On the move...
Bolton University has appointed Carole Truman professor of health and community studies. She was previously director of research training in arts and social sciences at Lancaster University. * Helen...
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Professor's links to 'guru' probed
Goldsmiths is looking into the relationship between a controversial therapist and an academic, reports Phil Baty. A leading professor of counselling is being investigated by his university over his...
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Lack of self-belief deters poor students
Students from working-class backgrounds could be put off applying to university because they underestimate their own academic abilities, according to new research, writes Rebecca Attwood. Academics...
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Next week
She betrayed my father The son of an Auschwitz survivor accuses researcher of abusing source material.
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Help for contract staff
The University and College Union this week launched a "help kit" to advise more than 150,000 academic and related staff on fixed-term or hourly paid contracts on how to secure a full contract....
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More jobs for graduates
The number of graduate job vacancies has risen 15.1 per cent since last year to the highest figure since 1995, according to the latest survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The annual AGR...
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Mission group launch
The University Alliance mission group was formally launched this week to represent the interests of 23 institutions. The group was convened informally last year as the Alliance of Non-Aligned...
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Another language lost
Cambridge University is suspending Portuguese as a full language degree from October 2008. The university says it plans to reorganise teaching of the subject "in order to preserve and promote...
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Election debate plays out to few faithful
As ballot papers went out, just a handful of members came to hear candidates for the UCU's top job, and most were unimpressed. Tony Tysome reports It might have been expected that hustings for the...
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Union politics impaired pay battle, paper says
Ordinary members of the academic unions were let down by poor tactics and bad planning in last year's pay dispute because senior union officials were too focused on the manoeuvring for power in the...